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2024 Top 10 Most Popular Halloween Costumes

What's the really "in" costume? What will my friends wear? How do I want to be seen by the other children? Do I want to be scary? Funny? Unique? A dinosaur? a fairy princess? A unicorn? A wizard, a vampire, a skeleton, a dragon. A fireman, the choices are almost endless!

We've gathered up the most. popular, and highly rated. costumes available on. short notice at good prices from your favorite online retailer and put them all below!

Top 15 Most Popular Costumes for 2024

The top five costumes for don't vary greatly from year to year - see the list below! Of course, we won't know for sure exactgly which order they will be in until after Hallpoween, but the list stays pretty consistent and you can see past years below.

For adults are a Batman character, a witch, and animal, a superhero, and a vampire.
Also popular are, for boys, Zombies, superheros, Star Wars and for girls Disney's Frozen characters, especially Princess Elena.

Top costumes last year, according to the National Retail Federation:

Top 10 Children's Costumes for 2024 based on last year
2023 Rank Costume Where to get it on Amazon
1 Barbie Kids Barbie in a Box Costume | Officially licensed from the Barbie Movie, Mattel. Even has a giant box as part of the costume. There is also an adult Ken costume (not many boys want to be Ken)
2 Spiderman
Spiderman -
always popular with boys
3 Princess (generic)
Princess costume, Like in Frozen, light blue
4 Witch
Fairytale Witch Costume, Deluxe Set with Broom
5 Ghost
Ghost Halloween Costume - Non-scarey Ghost Costumes for Kids, Scary Halloween Costume for Boys, Toddler Ghost Costume for Halloween
6 Batman
Boy's DC Batman Costume - this is the Official DC Comics licensed costume, with padded muscle definition, attached gauntlets and boot-covers; belt, detachable cape, and mask included, for Boys, sizes small, medium and large.
7 Pumpkin
Kids Pumpkin costume with Basket for Toddler or Child up to age 10
8 Zombie
Zombie Halloween Costume - Zombie Costume for Kids, Scary Halloween Boys Zombie Costume, Monsters Costume for Halloween
9 Vampire
Gothic Vampire Costume for Boys - This Gothic Vampire Costume for Boys is quite nice, detailed, realistic

Vampire Costume for Girls, Deluxe Gothic Victorian Vampiress Queen for Halloween or a Dress Up Party
10 Pirate
Pirate costume for Boys - This Pirate Costume has accessories

Pirate Costume for Halloween or Cosplay, a Buccaneer Dress with hat, sword, eyepatch
11 Superman Superhero
Superman costume,
with um, fake muscles
12 Character from Star Wars Luke Skywalker, Hans Solo, Darth Vader, Princess Leia
 13 Avengers character (excluding Spider-Man) Iron man, Thor, Hulk
15 Animal (Dog, Cat, Bear from the movie, etc) Animal costumes
Honorable mentions include Wednesday Addams, Dinosaur (a T-Rex, of course), Cowboy, Ninja and Wonder Woman

Top 10 Children's Costumes - Past Years
2022 Rank Costume 2019 rank 2017 rank Where to get
1 Spiderman 6 4
Spiderman
2 Princess (generic) 1 2
Princess costume, Like in Frozen, light blue
3 Witch 5 6
Fairytale Witch Costume, Deluxe Set with Broom
4 Ghost 8 9
Ghost Halloween Costume - Non-scarey Ghost Costumes for Kids, Scary Halloween Costume for Boys, Toddler Ghost Costume for Halloween
5 Batman 3 2
Boy's DC Batman Costume - this is the Official DC Comics licensed costume, with padded muscle definition, attached gauntlets and boot-covers; belt, detachable cape, and mask included, for Boys, sizes small, medium and large.
6 Pumpkin NR NR
Kids Pumpkin costume
7 Zombie NR NR
Zombie Halloween Costume - Zombie Costume for Kids, Scary Halloween Boys Zombie Costume, Monsters Costume for Halloween
8 Vampire NR NR
Gothic Vampire Costume for Boys - This Gothic Vampire Costume for Boys is quite nice, detailed, realistic

Vampire Costume for Girls, Deluxe Gothic Victorian Vampiress Queen for Halloween or a Dress Up Party
9 Pirate 9 NR
Pirate costume for Boys - This Pirate Costume has accessories

Pirate Costume for Halloween or Cosplay, a Buccaneer Dress with hat, sword, eyepatch
10 Superman Superhero 2 1
Superman costume,
with um, fake muscles
NR Character from Star Wars 4 5 Luke Skywalker, Hans Solo, Darth Vader, Princess Leia
 NR Avengers character (excluding Spider-Man) 7 7 Iron man, Thor, Hulk
NR Disney Princess 10 8  
NR Animal (Dog, Cat, etc) NR 3 Animal costumes
NR Wonder Woman NR 10  
Top 10 Adult Costumes - Previous Years  
2019 data 2017 rank 2015 rank
2019 Rank Adult costume      
1 Witch 1 8
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2 Vampire 7 1
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3 Character from Batman 2 3
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4 Pirate 4 8
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5 Avengers character (excluding Spider-Man)    
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6 DC superhero (excluding Batman, Wonderwoman, and Star Wars) 8 NR
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7 Star Wars character NR  
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8 Ghost    
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9 Superhero (any of them) 6 5
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10 Clown
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NR Villain from a Slasher Movie 9 NR  
NR Animal (Dog, Cat, etc) 3 2  
NR Wonder Woman 10 NR  

Top 10 Pet Costumes - This Year and Previous Years
2019 Rank Pets 2017 Rank
1 Pumpkin 1
2 Hot dog 2
3 Bumblebee 4
4 Devil 5
5 Cat 8
6 Dog 7 (tie)
7 Lion 7 (tie)
8 Character from a Star Wars movie 10
9 Superhero 9
10 Ghost 7
NR Witch 9

2015's top costumes were very similar.

For comparison, here's the list from 2013:

Top Adult Costumes

Top Children's Costumes

Top Pet Costumes

1. Witch

1. Princess

1. Pumpkin

2. Batman character

2. Animal

2. Hot dog

3. Vampire

3. Batman character

3. (T) Cat

4. Zombie

4. Action/super hero

3. (T) Devil

5. Pirate

5. Spider-Man

4. Witch

6. Action/super hero

6. Witch

5. Superman

7. Superman

7. Zombie

6. Dog

8. Dracula

8. Disney princess

7. Bowties/fancy collar

9. Cat

9. Superman

8. Bee

10. Scary costume/mask

10. Fairy

9. (T) Batman



9. (T) Vampire



10. Ghost

Sources and references

  1. NRF (National Retail Federation
  2. CNBC
  3. Arnold, Bettina (2001-10-31). "Bettina Arnold - Halloween Lecture: Halloween Customs in the Celtic World" . Halloween Inaugural Celebration. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee: Center for Celtic Studies. http://www.uwm.edu/~barnold/lectures/holloween.html . Retrieved 2007-10-16.
  4. Skal, David J. (2002). Death Makes a Holiday: A Cultural History of Halloween, p.34. New York: Bloomsbury. ISBN 1-58234-230-X.
  5. Pope John Paul, July 1994, conversation with the author in Rome, Italy
  6. US Census Bureau


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